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Rupert of Hentzau

CHAPTER IX
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It would fly for Rudolf V.no more; but why did it not proclaim and honor the presence of Queen Flavia?
I sat down in my saddle and spurred my horse to the top of his speed.

We had been buffeted by fate sorely, but now I feared yet another blow.
In a quarter of an hour more I was at the door.

A servant ran out, and I dismounted leisurely and easily.

Pulling off my gloves, I dusted my boots with them, turned to the stableman and bade him look to the horse, and then said to the footman: "As soon as the queen is dressed, find out if she can see me.

I have a message from his Majesty." The fellow looked a little puzzled, but at this moment Hermann, the king's major-domo, came to the door.
"Isn't the constable with you, my lord ?" he asked.
"No, the constable remains at the lodge with the king," said I carelessly, though I was very far from careless.


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